Taylor v. Taylor

On November 8, 1963, Jack Lynn Taylor sued his wife, Janis Horner Taylor, in the Circuit Court for Somerset County for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii on the ground of constructive desertion, based upon her refusal to have sexual relations with him after February, 1962. The wife, who did not file a cross bill, raised the defense of recrimination, claiming that her husband had committed adultery and that he had deserted her. The Chancellor dismissed the bill of complaint after a hearing on the merits, holding that the complainant had not met his burden of proof, and he appealed.

The husband…